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Project Management

Subjects: Management · Project Management

Art: Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, artist, Columbia bridge (Susquehanna) - drawn after nature for the…, 1850 · Public domain

Instructor: Dr. Nathaniel Osgood
Term: Spring 2004
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 22 other files · 3 web pages
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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Project Financing and Evaluation

Lecture 3: Tools for Project Evaluation

Lecture 4: Dealing with Uncertainty: Concepts and Tools

Lecture 5: Project Organization

Lecture 6: Delivery Methods (cont.), Payment and Award Techniques

Lecture 7: Award Methods and Project Estimation I

Lecture 8: Detailed Estimation and Pumpstation Overview

Lecture 9: Planning and Deterministic Scheduling

Lecture 10: Deterministic Planning II and Probabilistic Planning I

Lecture 11: Probabilistic Planning II

Lecture 12: Simulation and Resource-Based Scheduling

Lecture 13: Basics of Cost and Schedule Monitoring

Lecture 14: EVA (C/SCSC) and Basics of Project Control

Lecture 15: Problem Diagnosis and Introduction to Project Dynamics

Lecture 16: System and Change Dynamics

Lecture 17: Risk Management II, Quality Monitoring and Control, and Project Learning

Lecture 18: Reviews (cont.), Audits, Changes and Disputes